Titill: | Friendship, diversity and fear : young people's life views and life values in a multicultural society |
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Útgáfa: | 2015 |
Tungumál: | Enska |
Umfang: | 94-113 |
Háskóli/Stofnun: | Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
Svið: | Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) School of education (UI) |
Birtist í: | Nordidactica: Journal of humanities and social science education;2015(2) |
ISSN: | 2000-9879 |
Efnisorð: | Young People; Life views; Life values; Friendship; Fear; Diversity; Multicultural society; Ungt fólk; Fjölmenning; Viðhorf; Vinátta; Ótti |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/424 |
Tilvitnun:Gunnarsson, G. J., Finnbogason, G. E., Ragnarsdóttir, H., & Jónsdóttir, H. (2015). Friendship, diversity and fear. Young people´s life views and life values in a multicultural society. Nordidactica: Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education, (2015:2), 94–113.
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Útdráttur:Abstract: This article introduces initial findings from a study on young people‘s
(18 years and older) life views and life values in Iceland. The research project
is located within a broad theoretical framework and uses interdisciplinary
approaches of religious education, multicultural studies and pedagogy.
Methodological approaches are both quantitative and qualitative. The first part
of the research is a survey which was conducted among altogether 904 students
in seven upper secondary schools in the Reykjavík area and other areas of
Iceland in 2011 and 2012. In addition to covering measures of background
variables and religious affiliations, statements in the survey included themes
such as views of life, self-understanding, relation to others, values and value
judgments, religions, and diversity and social change. The article focuses
especially on findings from the survey related to friendship, attitudes towards
diversity, fear and insecurity in a multicultural society. The findings indicate
that the participants generally have positive attitudes towards diversity. The
majority of participants find it inspiring to have friends of different origins and
find it important to respect different cultural and religious traditions. The
majority of participants also have strong opinions against racism and bullying.
Friends are important and most of the participants are of the opinion that
friends are one of the things that provide security. At the same time only a
minority is afraid of being unpopular, losing the confidence of their friends or
being bullied. But when the fear is about disgracing oneself or about not being
able to meet the requirements at school the proportion is higher. Although the
economic crisis in Iceland seems to have an effect on the life of the young
people answering the survey, most of them are of the opinion that the future
holds a lot of opportunities. The results are useful for further discussions on
young people´s life views, self-understanding, and social and moral
competence, for example in school context and in connection with subjects like
Social Studies, Religious Education, Life Skills Education and Intercultural
Education
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